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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "Calm With Horses" Pages 132-167.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tug offer the boy as a toll for using "his" bridge?
(a) Half of a chocolate bar.
(b) Potato chips.
(c) An old farthing coin.
(d) Takeout french fries.

2. What physical feature of his own does Jimmy find unattractive?
(a) His calves.
(b) His elbows.
(c) His nose.
(d) His feet.

3. To what animal does Martina compare the drummer?
(a) A snake.
(b) An ape.
(c) A dog.
(d) A hedgehog.

4. When Arm and Dympna meet Hector at Lally's, what conspiracy theory is the odd older man with Hector trying to advance?
(a) Jesus had a twin brother.
(b) The World Cup finalists are all robots.
(c) Scotland is trying to annex Ireland.
(d) There is a hidden planet in our solar system.

5. On page 5, what unusual diction does Jimmy use to describe Marlene's eyes?
(a) "Citrine."
(b) "Cerulean."
(c) "Smaragdine."
(d) "Verdigris."

Short Answer Questions

1. Dympna is convinced that Hector is "working the slow grift" on the woman in Ballintober (98). What does this mean he thinks Hector is doing?

2. Who is the "drummer" that Joan mentions in her conversation with Martina?

3. When Bat is eating dinner after work, why are the two little Minion boys in the kitchen?

4. What is the best way to describe how the young men outside The Yellow Belly feel about those who go off to college?

5. What is Dympna's main concern with the way that Hector and Paudi want to deal with Fannigan?

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